Flotsam & Jetsam

Theme Music For The Death Of The Media

This nine-minute heartbreaker titled “Mad Ave Blues,” sung to the tune of “American Pie”, is sure to bring tears to the eyes of every agency creative type, media buyer, and trade reporter who love-hates advertising. Brilliant, and painfully nerdy.

[To the tune of "American Pie"]

Bye, bye those big upfront buys
Pitched my client who was pliant
But the pitch didn’t fly
And old ad boys were drinking martinis dry
Singing “Tech has taken us for a ride”
“Algorithms got me cross-eyed”

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  • emylou

    This is awesome, but in true MTV-generation form, I got bored after the first 3:55.

  • if_i_only_had_a_heart

    i luv u. zomg. ponies rainbows and unicorns. now what?

    also:

    starry starry night
    paint your pixels blue and gray
    look out on a summer's day
    with eyes that know the click thru's in the hole

  • El Matardillo

    I'm happy to see the media implode. Now, time to go write some C++.

  • BadUncle

    That's it. I'm gonna get a job as a Walmart greeter.

  • stanhalen

    @BadUncle:

    I tried. The WW2 set, along with the downs syndrome guys have a lock on that sweet gig.

    Welcome to wal-mart.

    stanhalen

  • michelletennantnicholson

    Me: bouncing, bouncing, bouncing on my exercise ball as I listen and laugh the entire 9+ minutes of this internet video. For someone who's been in marketing for 20 yrs (after being enamoured with Bewitched's Darren's ad career as a child) I would say this captures perfectly our industry's changes and challenges. With the exception of one thing: fax to files.

    michelletennantnicholson

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